GURU MEDIA has been established by Byamba Sakhya & Ariunaa Tserenpil in 2006 with the goal to produce high quality artistic films for Mongolian and global audiences. The company has produced number of award winning full-length feature and documentaries and served various international co-productions as local line & executive producers. Guru Media supports local young independent filmmakers through UB Filmlab initiave designed for emerging young director and Ariunaa Tserenpil is one of the initiators & programming advisor of the Ulaanbaatar IFF.

  • 2022 Wolves Always Come at Night Feature Documentary by Gabriella Brady (Australia)
    • in co-production Chromossom Films, Germany
    • In Development
  • 2022 STATION. Feature by Byamba Sakhya
    • In Development
  • 2022 ZE. Feature fiction by Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
    • in co-production of Aurora Films,
    • France
    • World Cinema Fund 2021
    • Torino Film Lab 2019
    • Torino Production Lab 2021
    • CNC Special Mention Award at Torino Film Lab 2019
    • Open Door Hub, Locarno IFF 2020 & Production grant award
    • Hubert Bals Fund Development Grant 2020
    • CNC International Co-Production Grant,2021
    • Gap Financing Market, Venice IFF 2022
    • In Development
  • 2021 BEDRIDDEN. Feature fiction by Byamba Sakhya
    Official selection of L’Atelier, Cannes IFF-2017;
    Sofia Meeting of the Sofia IFF 2017;

    • Script writing residency -2017 at the Moulin D’Ande, France
    • International competition of Black Nights, Tallin IFF-2020
    • International competition of Three Continents, France
    • Opening film of Ulaanbaatar IFF-2020
    • In distribution
  • 2021 MOUNTAIN CAT short (writer/director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir)
    • Cannes Shorts in Competition 2020
    • BFI Shorts Official Selection 2020
    • Busan IFF 2020, Short competiton,2020 & Sonje Award of best Asian Short film
    • Sundance IFF 2021, Short competition
    • Selected more than 15 international festivals
    • In Distribution
  • 2018 A BIGGER WORLD. Feature film by Fabienne Berhaud, France – Belgium
    • Mongolian Executive Producer
  • 2017 MEMORY GAMES. Documentary by Janet Tobias & Claus Wehlisch, Germany  – US – Sweden
    • Mongolia Production Support
  • 2016 KIDS OF SILK ROAD. Documentary by Jens Pederson, Denmark
    Mongolia Production Support
  • 2013 REMOTE CONTROL, Feature fiction by Byamba Sakhya. Mongolia – Germany – USA
    • Supported by Hubert Bals Script Development Fund and World Cinema Fund
    • New Currents Award at Busan IFF 2013, Best Feature Film Award at the
    • ANONIMUL Int’l Independent FF, Bucharest 2014
    • Selected more than 20 IFF-s
  • 2010 PASSION. Feature documentary by Byamba Sakhya
    • Supported by Asian Network of Documentary Fund, Visions Sud Est and Goteborg
    • IFF Fund
    • The Grand Prize for the Asia Vision Award at Taiwan IDF, The Best Documentary
    • Award at the Asiatica film mediale IFF of Rome
    • The Best Int’l Feature Documentary Award at the Monterrey IFF, Mexico
    • Busan IFF, Taiwan IDF, Dubai IFF, Goteborg IFF, San Francisco IAAFF etc
  • 2006 – 2007 BABIES by Thomas Balmes, Feature documentary. France Mongolian line producer
  • 2005 – 2006 KHADAK by Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth. Feature. Belgium – German–Netherlands
    • The Winner of the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival – 2006
    • Mongolia line producer

Main Staff:

  • Ariunaa Tserenpil (producer)
  • Byamba Sakhya (director, producer)